From backbencher to Paytm billionaire: The Vijay Shekhar story
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Paytm founder, revealed on Netflix’s The Great Indian Kapil Show how his Hindi-medium roots and early struggles with English in college shaped his resilience. Once a “backbencher,” he built indiasite.net at 17, founded One97, and launched Paytm, now worth over ₹12,000 crore, proving setbacks can ignite unstoppable entrepreneurial success.